Intraneural perineurioma of the sciatic nerve: An under-recognized nerve neoplasm with characteristic MRI findings

Intraneural perineurioma is a benign peripheral nerve neoplasm that typically affects teenagers and young adults and tends to result in a motor-predominant neuropathy. The lesion is rare, but has likely been underdiagnosed due to a lack of familiarity among both clinicians and radiologists. There ha...

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Published in:Skeletal radiology 2014-03, Vol.43 (3), p.375-379
Main Authors: Nacey, N. C., Almira Suarez, M. I., Mandell, J. W., Anderson, M. W., Gaskin, C. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Case Report
Female
Humans
Imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nerve Sheath Neoplasms - pathology
Nerve Sheath Neoplasms - surgery
Nuclear Medicine
Orthopedics
Pathology
Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms - pathology
Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms - surgery
Radiology
Reproducibility of Results
Sciatic Nerve - pathology
Sciatic Nerve - surgery
Sensitivity and Specificity
Treatment Outcome
Tumors
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Summary:Intraneural perineurioma is a benign peripheral nerve neoplasm that typically affects teenagers and young adults and tends to result in a motor-predominant neuropathy. The lesion is rare, but has likely been underdiagnosed due to a lack of familiarity among both clinicians and radiologists. There have been few reports in the radiology literature despite the lesion having a fairly characteristic imaging appearance. We report a case of a 26-year-old woman with an intraneural perineurioma of the left sciatic nerve confirmed with excisional biopsy and pathologic analysis.
ISSN:0364-2348
1432-2161
DOI:10.1007/s00256-013-1733-1